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"Playing Cupid" Is Based On A Book & Features Leads From Outside Hallmark World

Starring:  Laura Vandervoort, Nicholas Gonzalez, and Mia Quaranta De La Rosa  Released:  2021 Summary:  A 13-year old student is assigned to create her own small business and decides to start a matchmaking service for her "clients."  Image:  Crown Media The Movie Is Based On A Book When Hallmark strays outside of their own little world to find new stories to tell in their movies, it's always a breath of fresh air. It might surprise you that Playing Cupid   isn't based on an adult romance novel, but on a juvenile fiction book targeting tweeners--kids ages 8-12.  In author Jenny Meyerhoff's version, the focus is on Clara being a new student at Austen Middle School, but when she finds she has a talent for matchmaking, she uses her skills for a 7th grade class project.  Clara isn't looking for a match for herself, but she ends up with a secret admirer.  The book is filled with all the boy-girl drama one expects from middle school!  You can purchase this  Scholast

Four Different Personality Types in Hallmark's "Snowkissed"--Which Character Is Most Like You? Plus, a Movie QUIZ!

Starring:   Jen Lilley and Chris McNally Released:   2021 Summary:   A journalist with a distaste for traveling gets the opportunity to tackle her dream assignment and unwillingly mentors an attractive bed-and-breakfast owner. Image:  Crown Media This fun and wintry movie follows Kate, Jayne, Noah, and Simon.  All four characters are "polar" opposites in so many ways, but they end up blending well together, like the cheese, wine, and chocolate they sample in the movie. Which movie character do you relate to the most? Kate   Kate does not like adventure.  She creates a routine for her daily life, and she doesn't deviate from it.  She has no desire to explore other areas of the world because she thinks Manhattan has it all.  She's deathly afraid of heights, and she doesn't enjoy the outdoors.  When it comes to exercise, she prefers a temperature-controlled gym over a hike in nature.  She feels safer with absolutes and a sure thing. Jen Lilley as "Kate" Ka

Take This QUIZ on Hallmark's "Taking a Shot at Love"

Starring:  Alexa PenaVega and Luke MacFarlane Released:  2021 Summary:  A former professional dancer is using ballet to help a hockey player get back on the ice. Taking a Shot at Love premiered January 2, 2021.  Image:  Crown Media Do Stud Athletes Really Take Ballet? Ballet is such a delicate and overtly feminine art form that seemingly has no place for excessive testosterone from buff athletes, but if men can dodge the jabs, jeers, and stigmatization, it offers them a unique form of cross-training to give them an advantage over their competition. What do you think of Luke MacFarlane in ballet shoes?  He's still a hunk! Ballet improves an athlete's agility, coordination, flexibility, balance, footwork, core strength, and lateral movement.  Learning the jumps in ballet is extremely cardiovascular.  With it's precise movements, ballet strengthens muscles and tendons a person might never use otherwise.  This is beneficial, not only to hockey players, but to those involved in